Rack attachment for pocket billiard tables



Sept. 20, 1932. I E, D N; 1,878,449

RACK ATTACHMENT FOR POCKET BILLIARD TABLES Filed June 20. 1929 INVENTOR 771 9012: E Dunn BY ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 20,1932

THOMAS E. norm, or NEWYORILN. Y.

RACK ATTAoHmEiIT Eon POCKET BILLIABD TABLES Application filed June 20,

This invention relates to a rack attachment for a pocket billiard or pool table having chutes or gutters for conveying the balls from all the pockets to a common discharge outlet.

In a companion application filed of even date I have disclosed a form of attachment having a plurality of racks which are movable selectively in whole or in part into position to receive the balls as they are discharged from the table. In said application I have included claims to cover broadly the subject matter common to both applications. a

The present invention has for an ob ect to provide an attachment having a plurality of stationary racks and wherein the discharge outlet has an extension chute movable axially about the outlet to convey the dlscharged balls to one of the several racks selectively. The attachment is intended for the convenience of the several players, where there is more than one participant in the game, so that each player, or team inthe case of partnership playing, can have a separate rack in which all of the balls pocketed by said player or team may be collected and stored.

The invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed. It is to be understood that modifications may be made within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, illustrating an embodimeint of the invention Figure 1 is a front View of one formof the improved rack attachment; 7

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof through substantially the longitudinal center line, with the outer ends of the racks broken away;

' Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section on the line .33 of Fig. 2; and, I

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig.2.

The attachment comprises an open ended 1929 Serial No. 372,323.

box like casing 1 having anopening 2 through its inner wall. The casing is adapted to be fastenedto the discharge end of a pocket billiard or pool table of the type having chutes or gutters for conveying the balls from all the pockets to a common discharge outlet, and with its opening 2 in registration with said discharge outle A plurality of ball storage racks 3 are fixedly supported in the casing with their, inner ends arranged in the arc of an imaginary circle whose center is substantially on the centerline of the opening 2. A curved sleeve 4 extends from the opening 2into the interior of the casing and is rotatively se-P cured in said opening, as by means of the collars 5. The sleeve is adapted to turn axially about the opening with its free traveling in an arc concentric with the arc in which the inner ends of the racks are positioned. Said. sleeve, in effect, constitutes an extension of the'conveying chutes of the table and serves todirect the balls from the discharge outlet on to the several racks selectively. The racks slant downwards slightly from their inner. towards their outer ends to facilitate rolling, of the balls. I c

The sleeve has a handle 6 that extends through an arcuate slot 7 in the front wall of the casing. Notches 8, numbered for C0111. venience 1, 2, 0, 2?, and 5, respectively, are formed in the lower edge of the slot to indicate the positioning of the sleeve required to discharge the balls on the several.

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The casing has an opening 9 in its bottom through which the balls may be discharged directly into a basket 10 hanging on a hook 11 when for any reason it is not desired to use the racks. Such dischargeis efi'ected when the handle of the sleeve is positioned in the notch 0. I 'What I claim is r A rackattachment for a pocket billiard table of the type having chutes for conveying balls from all the pockets to a common discharge outlet at one end of the table comprising a group of racks adapted for attachment to said end of the table with their inner ends positioned adjacent the discharge outlet and disposed in an arc of a circle in a vertical plane, and a rotatable tubular sleeve supported in registration with the discharge out let and adapted to convey balls from said outlet to each of the racks successively.

THOMAS E. DUNN.

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